Animal and lifestyle YouTuber Nathan Kessel tries to make his chinchilla fly using a balloon basket.

Festival-goers are eagerly waiting to see whether the balloons will fly at day two of the Swindon Balloon Festival.

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HOWELL, MI – The 41st annual Michigan Challenge Balloonfest kicks off Friday afternoon in Howell, bringing colorful balloons, thrilling competition drops and three days of family fun. Visitors can see ...

There was disappointment after flights were cancelled on the first evening of a busy balloon festival. Swindon Balloon ...

The city passed the new ordinance under their consent agenda at their June 8 meeting without any discussion. The new ordinance states: “It shall be unlawful for any person, which shall include any ...

While balloons took off and sailed into the sky above Longview, hundreds of runners took off from the finish line on the city’s trails. The annual Up & Away Run & Ruck took place at 7 a.m. Saturday, ...

As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week takes in a hot-air balloon festival in southern Vermont.

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Pilots seem drawn to The County, where history and weather combine to make this rural part of Maine ideal for ballooning.

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HOWELL, MI – Michigan’s biggest hot air balloon festival kicked off Friday, and more than three dozen pilots will compete each day at dawn and dusk. The Michigan Challenge Balloonfest welcomes pilots ...